• Originally published September 9, 2009 at midnight, updated September 9, 2009 at 5:15 p.m.

1909

Sept. 13 - John Wedig was in town during the week. He is arranging to build a breakwater in front of his property at Alamo Beach a half mile in length. He will drive down a solid row of elm piling. Mr. Wedig says the work will cost him a good deal, but it will pay him big.

Sept. 14 - Part of the machinery for the new sugar mill to be erected near the ice plant by Messrs. Rathbone and Welder, is now being unloaded at the plant, and the work of installing will begin as soon as the remainder arrives.

Sept. 16 -The collection of subscriptions to the Baseball Fund is now in the hands of the Farmers and Merchants Bank and will be looked after by Sam Fimbel Jr., instead of being done through the Levi Bank, by Charles Martin, as was first contemplated.

Sept. 18 - H.A. Lawrence and Rawley Ward went to Cologne this morning, where they will assist the local baseball team in a game to take place there this afternoon. They will serve as pitcher and catcher, respectively.

Sept. 19 - Assistant Postmaster and Mrs. W.K. Marriott are rejoicing over the arrival of a baby girl at their home. This gives them a family of two children, a boy and a girl.

1934

Sept. 14 - The Victoria County School Teachers' Institute will be held at the Central Fire Station Saturday. The session will start at 9 a.m. and will adjourn at noon.

Sept. 15 - A modern water cooler has been installed on the first floor of the Court House for the convenience of both the employees and the public.

Sept. 16 - Victoria Junior College and Victoria High School football players will stage a big gridiron show for sport fans of this section Friday night on the floodlighted football field here. The program will be similar to the one held at Rice Institute several days ago. The public is requested to be present. There will be no admission charge.

Sept. 17 - Hitting the ball often and when hits meant runs, the Victoria Eagles strengthened by the addition of Charlie Beauchamp and Jesse Devereaux, Rosebud aces, yesterday afternoon at Fair Park easily trimmed the Corpus Christi Internationals, 14 to 7, in the first game of a doubleheader. The visitors led when the second game was called at the end of the fourth inning because of the darkness.

Sept. 19 - L.C. English, manager of the Victoria District Fair, to be held this year on Oct. 17-20, has just returned from a trip throughout the Victoria trade district. Among the towns English visited were Edna, Louise, Ganado, El Campo, Wharton, Hallettsville, Yoakum, Schulenburg, Gonzales, Cuero, and Yorktown. He encountered much interest in the fair.

1959

Sept. 13 - The biggest "big top" in the world, covering 57,000 square feet and enough space to seat 4,500 persons, is coming to Victoria next month. It will house the famed Cristiani Bros. Circus with three rings of special features described by advance notices as the most spectacular ever attempted, or witnessed, by mortal man. To bring the circus to Victoria requires 35 trailers and 85 trucks and buses, transporting 350 performers and roustabouts. Thirty-five of the crew's children call the circus "home." Fourteen elephants are required to help erect the tent - a job they can perform in about four hours.

Sept. 15 - City Manager John Lee, who actually does not assume his new duties here until this morning, confirmed yesterday that city employees have asked for an official study of the possibility of instituting a 5-day week at City Hall. Lee said it might be "weeks or months" before he would feel he was in a position to make a recommendation to City council. City employees actually asked for a 5-day week here more than a year ago, but the matter never reached the level of official discussion. City Hall is now on a 5 -day week, open until noon on Saturdays.

Sept. 17 - Victoria's campaign for $100,000 as its share of the initial costs for the projected $700,000 Devereux School for exceptional children, was reported nearing the halfway mark Wednesday.

Sept. 18 - James N. Wallace, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Wallace of Nursery, has completed basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., and started Quartermaster School. Wallace, joined the Army under the six-month reserve program. He plans to enter Victoria College next January.

Sept. 19 - Sixty new teachers of the Victoria Independent School District will be entertained at 3 p.m. Saturday at a tea at the Victoria Women's Clubhouse to be followed by a sightseeing trip around the city. Hosts for the event will be the Victoria Women's Tour Service and the Chamber of Commerce. Besides the teachers, invitations have been sent to all Chamber directors and their wives, all school principals and their wives or husbands and all school administrative officials.

1984

Sept. 14 - Directors of Community Action Committee of Victoria agreed Thursday evening to investigate the possibility of seeking contracts with the state to expand its home weatherization program in to Wharton and Matagorda counties, and possibly subcontracting some of the work to a San Antonio firm.

Sept. 16 - Three days after Hurricane Diana coasted onto land along the North Carolina coast, damage assessment news scoured the hardest-hit areas Saturday adding up the toll, already more than $65.5 million.

Sept. 18 -An oil land lease has been offered to Victoria College by Corpus Christi leasing firm hoping to secure land for the Exxon Corp. to drill for oil and natural gas within city limits.

Sept. 19 - The first step in the process of building a new $20 million campus for the University of Houston-Victoria was approved Tuesday by the University of Houston System Board of Regents.

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